Anniversary Narrows Peaks, Endless Peak (1041m)

Near Lake Mead, NV

Harlan W. S. & Christine S.
Jan 31 & Feb 3, 2007


(I editted in 2023 to mention the original register. I know at least 3 people later signed that register, but in the age of manic peakbagging, the register diasappeared, probably because someone left it out of the cairn.)

 

Click on any small image below to see the larger version.

 

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Map with GPS tracks.

Blue shows the Jan 31route.

 Red shows the track Christine

and I took Feb 3 (8.6 miles).

The rest of the LVMC group

descended by the green

dashed line.

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On Jan 31, I climbed peak

1041m to get this view of the

prospective route (the brown

arrow at left).  I’m looking E

from the summit of 1041m.

Anniversary Narrows Peak is

just to the right of the saddle

indicated by the arrow.

Booth Pinannacle and Pyramid

are the sharp peaks in distance.

I left a register proclaiming

this summit as "Endless

Peak."

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Here we are Feb. 3,

entering the wash.

 

 

 

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Now we enter the true

narrows, and

travel upstream (N).

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Through the Narrows,

we continue

N.

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Now we've cut E

out of the wash.

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The group at the saddle;

view S. The peak in the

back is Anniversary

Narrows Peak.

 

 

 

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This view, ~SSE, shows

part of  Bowl of Fire, and

the steep E slope of the

saddle. Most of the group

will descend L (E) here.

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View NE from saddle, across

Bowl of Fire.

 

 

 

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View NE at the rest of group,

as Christine and I head up

the peak.

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Telephoto from near the

top of the ridge; part of the

group circumvents a cliff.

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Summit view, mainly

S. Lake Mead and

Fortification Hill are at L;

Peak 1041m is at R.

In the distance and L of

Peak 1041m are Frenchman

Mt. and Lava Butte.

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View NNW at summit.

Muddy Peak is

the sharp summit at L.

 

 

 

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Overall, this was tougher

route than the direct descent

of the saddle, but there

were no steep talus slopes

to negotiate.Christine has a

bad back, and can't handle

very steep talus.

 

 

 

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Note the bizarre overhang.

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Chopper.  We are just below

the dryfall (see map).

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The bushes in the wash

were covered with grass and

rocks; there must have

been a severe flood in the

last year or so.